Precursor: 37th London Critics Nominations (2016)

There are two things you need to know about the London Film Critics Circle and their nominations. The first is that they have separate categories for British and Irish actors and directors. The Nominations Tallies below list only the non-British/Irish category numbers (the totals, including British/Irish citations are included in parentheses).

The other thing is that their eligible list of films is largely different from the Academy’s based on release date in the U.K. versus the U.S. Hence, why a 2015 Oscar contender like Son of Saul can earn a nomination in 2016 from London. Below are the nominees. Many British films tend to outperform with this group than with American critics, but without a Foreign-specific category, films like Son of Saul and Toni Erdmann compete side-by-side with the likes of Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight.

Nominations Tallies

(6) Toni Erdmann
(5) Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight (6)
(4) La La Land, Love and Friendship (7)
(3) American Honey, Fire at Sea, Nocturnal Animals, Son of Saul

The Nominations

Best Picture

American Honey
Fire at Sea
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Love and Friendship
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals
Son of Saul
Toni Erdmann

Best Director

Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
László Nemes – Son of Saul
Maren Ade – Toni Erdmann

Best Actor

Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Adam Driver – Paterson
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals
Peter Simonischek – Toni Erdmann

Best Actress

Amy Adams – Arrival
Kate Beckinsale – Love and Friendship
Sandra Hüller – Toni Erdmann
Isabelle Huppert – Things to Come
Emma Stone – La La Land

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Tom Bennett – Love and Friendship
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Shia LaBeouf – American Honey
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis – Fences
Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Riley Keough – American Honey
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay

La La Land
Love and Friendship
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Toni Erdmann

Best Foreign-Language Film

Fire at Sea
Son of Saul
Things to Come
Toni Erdmann
Victoria

Best Documentary

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
Cameraperson
The Eagle Huntress
Fire at Sea
Life, Animated

Best British / Irish Film

American Honey
High-Rise
I, Daniel Blake
Love and Friendship
Sing Street

Best British / Irish Actor

Tom Bennett – Love and Friendship, David Brent: Life on the Road
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge and Silence
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake
David Oyelowo – A United Kingdom, Queen of Katwe

Best British / Irish Actress

Kate Beckinsale – Love and Friendship
Rebecca Hall – Christine
Naomie Harris – Moonlight, Our Kind of Traitor, Collateral Beauty
Ruth Negga – Loving, Iona
Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake

Best Young British / Irish Performer

Ruby Barnhill – The BFG
Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls
Sennia Nanua – The Girl With All the Gifts
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch, Morgan, Split
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo – Sing Street

Breakthrough British / Irish Filmmaker

Babak Anvari (writer-director) – Under the Shadow
Mike Carey (writer) – The Girl With All the Gifts
Guy Hibbert (writer) – Eye in the Sky, A United Kingdom
Peter Middleton, James Spinney (writer-directors) – Notes on Blindness
Rachel Tunnard (writer-director) – Adult Life Skills

British / Irish Short Film

Isabella – Duncan Cowles and Ross Hogg
Jacked – Rene Pannevis
Sweet Maddie Stone – Brady Hood
Tamara – Sofia Safanova
Terminal – Natasha Waugh

Technical Achievements

Music: Jackie (Mica Levi)
Music: La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
Music: Sing Street (Gary Clark, John Carney)
Editing: Moonlight (Nat Sanders, Joi McMillion)
Cinematography: American Honey (Robbie Ryan)
Cinematography: Victoria (Sturla Brandth Grøvlen)
Production Design: High-Rise (Mark Tildesley)
Sound Design: Arrival
Visual Effects: Rogue One
Stunt Coordination: Jason Bourne